The community activist group Joplin for Justice is planning to protest the City of Neosho's decision to permit the Ozark Mountain Proud Boys chapter to have a booth at today's Neosho Fall Festival.
(Photo: Heath Haulman, Neosho, represents Ozark Mountain Proud Boys at the Neosho City Council meeting Thursday night.)
According to the Facebook event page for the activity, the silent protest will be held from 3 to 5 p.m.
The following description was provided for the protest:
The City of Neosho is allowing the Proud Boys group to distribute information and essentially recruit people to be a part of their hate group. We want to stand up to racism at every level and we want those willing to join us.
We will be silent protesting at the Neosho Fall Festival and seeking to engage in dialog with the Proud Boys.
Though many Proud Boys claim not to be a white supremacy group, many their leaders and affiliates continue to spread racist and anti-Muslim rhetoric while keeping close ties with known white supremacy groups. So we will go and find out for ourselves.
The Proud Boys booth was discussed during a special Neosho City Council meeting Thursday night after council members received calls from concerned constituents, but Neosho City Attorney Jordan Paul told the council the group had to be allowed to have the booth because there was nothing in city ordinances to prevent it and there were First Amendment considerations.
Among those present at the meeting was the person whose name is on the vendor list for the festival as being in charge of the booth, Heath Haulman.
On Haulman's Facebook page today, along with comments taunting those who tried to put a stop to the Proud Boys booth promised he would be selling raffle tickets.
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it's a free country....peaceful protests please....
ReplyDeleteYou are aware the leader of this organization is a black man right?
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